A new light-based technique for measuring levels of the toxic protein that causes Huntington’s disease (HD) has been used to demonstrate that the protein builds up gradually in blood cells. Published today (17th) in the Journal of Clinical Investigation, the findings shed light on how the protein causes damage in the brain, and could be useful for monitoring the progression of HD, or testing new drugs aimed at suppressing production of the harmful protein.More...

Eight billion years ago, rays of light from
distant galaxies began their long journey to Earth. On 12 September, that
ancient starlight found its way to a mountaintop in Chile, where the
newly-constructed Dark Energy Camera, the most powerful sky-mapping machine
ever created, captured and recorded it for the first time. More...

People who have highly demanding jobs and little freedom to
make decisions are 23 per cent more likely to experience a heart attack compared with
their counterparts without such work stress, according to a study of nearly 200
000 people from seven European countries.More...